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No, Australia does not use first past the post. We use preferential voting for the house and proportional for the senate.
Labor (ALP) is centrist.
The Liberal-National Coalition (LNP) is the largest conservative group and was centre-right, although drifted more to the right after some of the more moderate liberals lost their seats to centrists independents in 2022.
Then there are a lot of smaller parties and independents that range from far left to far right.
It is likely that the ALP won this election due to (1) the LNP running an absolute shambles of a campaign (repeated back flips and changes, lack of details, etc.) and (2) the global backlash to Trumpian politics (which had a huge influence on Canada's recent election).